Length Weight Relationship of Terapon jarbua (Forsskal, 1775) from Puducherry Waters

Authors: R. Nandikeswari, M. Sambasivam, V. Anandan

Abstract:

The present study investigates the length-weight relationship of Terapon jarbua from Puducherry (East coast of India). A total of 370 individuals of different sizes were collected from Puducherry landings centre. Length-weight relationships were calculated for all specimens sampled. The length weight relationship equations are W = 0.0050 L3.2742; W = 0.0035 L3.3616; W = 0.0736 L2.4076; W = 0.0098 L3.0807; W = 0.0088 L3.0914; W = 0.0038 L3.3776 for immature male, immature female, matured male, matured female, total male, and total female respectively. The growth exponential (b) values were found to be positively allometric for all the stages except matured male.

Keywords: Allometry, Length weight relationship, Puducherry waters, Terapon jarbua.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1091772

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